Helping your line managers be leaders of change

This is the full script with visuals of the presentation given by Melanie Franklin at the CIPD Change Management Conference February 2026.

Melanie put forward the business case for building change capability for line managers and team leaders, so that the capacity to lead change matches the volume of change taking place in our organisations. Melanie identified 4 essential elements to develop this capability and described practical techniques to achieve this.